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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0713 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
FEW TORNADOES...OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
PARTS OF WESTERN GEORGIA
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF
STATES INTO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST STATES.

A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EAST OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASINGLY
MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH STRONG WIND
FIELDS...WHICH WILL VEER FROM SOUTHERLY NEAR THE GROUND TO WESTERLY
AT INCREASING SPEEDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE
KNOWN TO BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY
AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ALABAMA INTO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE EASTERN GULF STATES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...IN
ADDITION TO TORNADOES. AS THE LARGER SCALE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY...AND BEGIN TO DEVELOP NORTHWARD TO THE LEE OF THE
APPALACHIANS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE
NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COAST STATES.

THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

..KERR.. 04/14/2007

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